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Stuff I’ve recently saved to Pinboard.
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It’s never been a secret that pro wrestling isn’t on the level, with plenty of stories on the subject going back all the way to the 1850s. The true reason it was a prearranged exhibition may have changed from fleecing gamblers to increasing entertainment value and maximizing box office revenue with more compelling rivalries, but regardless, it’s always been this way. While “everyone” knew, people in the wrestling business would either keep mum or go to absurd lengths to defend their field’s legitimacy, including inviting skeptics to try out stars with legitimate backgrounds so non-fans could be tortured. Eventually, 30 years ago this week, that cat was let out of the bag for good.
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A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next.
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Private equity monopolist Orlando Bravo made billions by putting our whole society at risk.
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For decades, scientists have been hot-wiring viruses in hopes of preventing a pandemic, not causing one. Nicholson Baker examines the evidence that the COVID-19 coronavirus escaped from a lab.
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Prefer SVG over PNG, trust browsers to downscale, drop obscure formats—the ultimate, exhaustive guide to favicons for modern web. Includes steps for static HTML and Webpack
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CEO Jeff Bezos still runs the e-commerce giant with the drive of a startup trying to survive. That strand of its corporate DNA is becoming a liability, as its tactics to dominate nearly every market—furniture, diapers, tripods, shoes—make it a target for antitrust enforcers and politicians.
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The @font-face CSS rule allows web developers to specify online fonts to display text on their web pages. By allowing authors to provide their own fonts, @font-face eliminates the need to depend on the limited number of fonts users have installed on their computers.
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The risk of contagion is highest in indoor spaces but can be reduced by applying all available measures to combat infection via aerosols. Here is an overview of the likelihood of infection in three everyday scenarios, based on the safety measures used and the length of exposure
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There's a classic adventure game called Paranoia which is set in an extremely repressive Utopian futuristic world run by The Computer, who is Your Friend. Looking at a recent LawMeme posting and related discussion, it occurred to me that the concept of colour-coded security clearances in Paranoia provides a good metaphor for a lot of copyright and intellectual freedom issues, and it may illuminate why we sometimes have difficulty communicating and understanding the ideologies in these areas.
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Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say.
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In this short, hyper-charged book, Cory Doctorow breaks down the real problem with surveillance capitalism — and how we can dismantle it.
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Dr. Tufekci, a computer programmer who became a sociologist, sounded an early alarm on the need for protective masks. It wasn’t the first time she was right about something big.
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Rust bringt so viele schlaue Ideen mit, dass die Programmiersprache viele Experten sofort überzeugt hat. Und hoffentlich einer rosigen Zukunft entgegensieht.